Students in New South Wales (NSW) will be allowed back in the classroom one week earlier than expected. The staggered return of students will begin on Oct. 18 with Kindergarten, Year 1, and Year 12 students. Year 2, 6, and 11 students return on Oct. 25 followed by the remaining year levels on Nov. 1….
Australian MP Urges State Government to Retain Thousands of Unvaccinated Health Workers
An Australian MP in the state of New South Wales (NSW) has urged the state Health Minister Brad Hazzard to retain thousands of frontline health workers who are not vaccinated against the CCP virus. In an open letter to Hazzard, Education Minister Sarah Mitchell, and the Minister for Police and Emergency Services David Elliot on…
NSW Premier Wants Overseas Travel Restart
Australia’s most populous state, NSW, will in the coming week reveal its roadmap for 80 percent vaccination coverage, with the premier wanting international travel to resume “at the earliest opportunity.” The state recorded nine additional deaths in the 24 hours to 8 p.m. local time on Saturday. None of the nine people, aged from their…
Vaccinated International Students to Return to New South Wales by 2022
Hundreds of vaccinated international students will be returning to Australia by the end of the year after announcing an industry-funded pilot plan on Friday. The first phase of the pilot is expected to bring 500 international students back to the state on chartered flights by December, paid for by the students themselves. Students will return…
Australian State Faces Hospital Staffing Crisis as Mandatory Vaccination Deadline Looms
The New South Wales (NSW) health system could lose about one in ten staff, who have not received a COVID-19 jab, as the vaccination deadline inches closer. NSW Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant announced yesterday that 88 percent of the state’s health staff had received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine as of Sept….
Teacher Shortage Impact on Student Learning Alarming: NSW Teachers Federation
The teacher shortage in New South Wales (NSW) is leading to numerous occasions of combined classes of up to 45 students and minimal supervision throughout regional and intercity schools. NSW Teachers Federation President Angelo Gavrielatos said the figures submitted to parliament (pdf) were alarming. It was reported that Year 11 and 12 students in Canobolas…
Australia State Sets Target for Zero Species Extinctions on National Threatened Species Day
Koalas, rock wallabies, and a rare tree will be included in the list of 92 endangered and iconic species, which will be protected under a new New South Wales (NSW) National Parks plan that has set a target to stop species going extinct in Australia’s state’s national parks. NSW Minister for the Environment Matt Kean…
New South Wales Announces New Child Protection Taskforce
A new child wellbeing task force in New South Wales (NSW) will bring together the state’s government agencies and community sector leaders to develop a plan for the transition out of lockdown. NSW Minister for Families, Communities and Disability Services Alister Henskens said the task force would focus on the wellbeing of children and young…
Modelling Predicts NSW COVID-19 Hospitalisation to Peak in October: Premier
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian will this week release COVID-19 modelling on the looming peak in case numbers and hospitalisations as the state reported more than 1,400 local cases in a Sunday update. “All the modelling indicates to us that the peak is likely to be here in the next week or two,” the premier said…
Living With Delta Involves Getting Annual Booster Shot: Australian Premier
As New South Wales (NSW) learns to live with COVID-19, health procedures will eventually become available through normalised processes such as a yearly booster shot, Premier Gladys Berejiklian said. “Living with Delta means social distancing, QR codes, vaccine passports, it also means once a year getting a booster or a jab to vaccinate,” Berejiklian told…
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